Combination tea wagon and dishwashing machine



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c. F. CHAPMAN COMBINATION TEA WAGON AND DISHWASHING MACHINE Filed Nov. 10, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTO R C'hapman G/zarlas I.

ATTORNEY May 4 1926.

C. F. CHAPMAN COMBINATION TEA WAGON-AND ISISHWASHING MACHINE Filed NOV. 10, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Wynn] ml II WITNESSES ATTORNEY May 4 1926.

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Application m number 10, 1921. serial No. 514,357.

useful Combination Tea Wagon and Dish-v washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a combination tea wagon and dishwashing machine, and its object is to provide in a single machine, means whereby meals may be served as from a tea wagon, and the soiled dishes may be removed to a, suitable point, sa 3;

kitchen, where the dishes may be was ed and, if desired, be allowed to remain in the dishwasher until again needed, for the washing is of such a. character'as'to" thoroughly cleanse the dishes sothey will dry-spontaneously, and require no wlping; v

' In accordance with theinvention, there is provided a structure, similar in outward ap pearance toan ordinary tea wagon, except that the body thereof is made of sufiicient size, and isso constructed as to contain the dishes to be cleansed, and also to hold an ample supply of hot water for 3 cleansing purposes. The hot water is circulated by means of a suitable pump, which pump 'may electrically driven, in order to forcibly circulate the water in numerous fine streams over'and about the dishes within theFdishwasher, thus loosening andfex lling any adherent matter therefrom. e water,

' [carrying the particles of food, or other'material, washed from the dishes reaches a low point where it" passes over and through a pa' r or similar sheet constituting a sieve,

and olding back the dislodged food, or the I some parts'in elevation, showing'a combmed 49 like, thus permitting the retaining sheet, with the particles ofwashed-ofi material,

to be bodily removed from the machine and thrown away, for the ,retaining'sheet may D the structure with some parts, shown in both be made of such cheap material as to rmit' the discarding of it without ad g I more than,a negligibleamount to the expense ofoperating the machine,

- Within the body of the'di'shwasher there ar ,,ls s ware: n w es shape to sustain the various dishes employed uponthe dining or other table, and, as t may be desired, to bodily remove these 'racks with the dishes in them, and also, for the purpose of facilitating the cleansing of the machine, such racks are made readily detachable.

Inside of the body of the machine there is located, near one end thereof, an electric motor connected up to a pump in the dishwasher, for causing circulation of water' 7 within the machine, and for discharging the wash water from the machine into a suitable sink, or the like, whereby the interior of the machine may be emptied of the wash 'water without necessitating any permanent connection to the sink, or to a. drain.

" Because of the fact that the interior of the machine is subjected to the action of. 7

water, provision is made for preventing any of the water from reaching any of the eleotric devices, employed in driving the machine, and provision is also made for sub jecti'ng the working bearings of the machine to the protecting effect of lubricants.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the. invention isnot con fined to any strict conformity with the showing "of the drawings, but may be changed and-modified, so longas such changes andmodifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In thedrawinger- -Fig; 1 is a longitudinal section with tea wagon and dishwasher constructed in accordance with the, invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the body of full and dotted lines, in difl'erent positions;

Fi 3'i's a plan view of the-structure charge pipe in operative relation to a sink,

'from contained water];

for the purpose of emptying the dishwasher Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 Fig.4;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 Fig. 4;

Fig. '7 is a section on the line 77 Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a section'on the line 88 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of F re 7 Fig. 10 is a section of a detail of construction entering into the invention;

Fig. 11 is a detail view of a drain struc-' ture employed in the invention;

Fig. 12 is plain view of a sheet of screening material employed in connection with the construction shown in Fig. 11. I

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a box-like body 1, of generally rectangular contour and including a sheet metal or similar tank 2, with rounded corners 3, (see Fig.

' 3). The body 1 is mounted on main wheels metal tank. The body is exteriorly finished at the top andbottom by molding strips 9. A handle 9 is provided at one end of the body to be grasped by the "operator. Covering the entire top of the body and wholly concealing the mechanism therein, is a removable table top 10, which is shaped to simulate the top of v.an ordinary tea wagon. It is provided with an upstanding molding forming a fiangeentirely around the same,

" titions or vanes 25 1n the pipe causes the roand the flange is sufficiently deep to keep any dishes placed on the table top from falling off. This table top is utilized to contain dishes during transportation from the kitchen to the dining room in which the meal is to be served. The top rests loosely but firmly on the molding strips, and its removal allows immediate access to the interior of the body. 1

The construction specified is advantageous -.from a manufacturing standpoint. as the tea wagon body may be built in the wood "workingdepartment and the tank 2 in the sheetmetal department, and the assembling *of the-elements is a simple.matter.

Within one end of the dishwasher, there is located an upright electric motor 11, provided at opposite ends withshafts 12 .and 13,

. posing the interior of the dish washer.

and the shaft 12 is fixed to a support or bearing 15, provided with an upright, central counter-bore 12 entering the upper end of the shaft 12 and closed by a screw or other plug 15. The motor is enclosed in a casing 16.

In order to supply the motor with electric current, there is an attachment plug-17, fed by conductors 18, and designed to be inserted in asuitable wall or other socket, not shown.

There is also made fast to the top of the casing 16, a snap' switch 19, suitably coupled up to the electric side of the motor, for controlling the latter after the attachment plug is connected to the appropriate source of 1 current.

The shaft 13 is extended downwardly and continued through an appropriate exten-' sion 13", and is, connected at its lower end to and supports a pump or impeller 20, located in a well or depression 21, below the bottom of the casing 16. I Upon starting the electric motor, the pump will act to lift water gravitating into the well, and cause it to rise by way-of. a pipe 22 into a'distributing chamber 23, near the top of the dishwasher, from whiehthe water may be directed to a rotatable pipe 24, constituting a valve, and from thence into another pipe containing partitions or vanes 25. The pipe with. the partitions or vanes 25, opens at a lower 'level into a horizontal pipe 26, to find its way through a horizontal continuation 27 thereof, along the length of the water compartment 28, occupying the main part of the dishwasher. As Figure 4 shows, the chamber 23 unites with the pipe 26 off center, hence the force of the water flowingfrom chamber 23'and acting against the partation of the pipe 26 with its continuation 27, which are provided with numerous perforations 29 arranged helically. The disposition of these perforations improve the ,washing effect on the dishes, which are supported in racks within the dishwasher, causing streams of water to be thrown upon the dishes as the pipe rotates.

Inthe structureillustrated in the drawings, there is shown an arrangement of racks 30, is another rack 30*, for receiving cups and glasses or the like. Another rack 30 is located below the rack for containing may be made'of perforated or orous knives and forks. vSaucers/find a. place in another rack 30, while still another rack 30 extending acros'sthe bottom of the dishwashing compartment provides a holder for large and small dishes. All these racks are shown in Figs. 1' 2 and 3, and the arrange ment is quite use 111, without, however, limiting the structure to such particular arrangement. u i

The racks are usually constructed of galvanized wire or rods, or of'some other suit able material and shaped to sustain dishes in various positions and of various so that the streams of water issum through the .be of a sufiicie'ntly cheap character 'to per--' again paper, with the perforations. suflicient y. fine to retain the dis odged'food and the paper mit throwingitaway to save washing. Thepan 41 is.lo'cated in the well 21, so that all the water flowing through the dishwasher will pass into and through the pan 41 and through the papersieve 40, to be caught up y the pump and again circulated. The

water 1ntrod'uced into the dishwater comperforation 29 and distribute by the 130- tation of the pipe continuation 27,"m'ay be impelled against the dishes in such manneras to forcibly engage the latter and dislodge an particles of food or the like'which may ad ere thereto. The pipe 26 is mounted upon ball bearings 31 at opposite ends (See.

Fig. 6) and suitable packing 32.is' inserted wherever needed.

The ipe 24 is provided with an intermediate y located inclined partition 33, ex

' the pipe 24, the latter bein tending lengthwise thereof between open-1 ings 34, whereby to constitute a valve, so

that water-flowing throu h the pipe 22 may find its way eitherinto t e pipe 26, or into connected through a gland'35, into one en of a swivel couphng 36, connected by a return cou ling 37, to another-pipe 38, w rich I terlfi a rain spout, of a length to reachover a'si'nk'39,

so that water passing through the pipe'38,

may be diretted into the sink 39, .instead of into the horizontal pipe 26. The arrangement is such that when soiled dishes are deposited in the dishwasher upon the' racks provided for'the purpose, and the current is turned on, after the attachment plug 17 is coupled up in the circuit, and hot wash water has been introduced into the dishnated water is ultimately discharged from the er 4, the sieve 40 with the collected food particles maybe removed ,and thrown into the garbage, pail or other place of disposal. Following this, all the original wash water may be discharged and thenthe'pipe 38 turned about the swivel 36, so that its dis-lcharge end is below the level of the ipe, when hot rinsin water may be intro uced into the'dishwas ing compartment and circulated by further actuation of the motor until the dishes, etc. in the dishwasher are heated and completely rinsedl The heate rinsing water is ultimately vall discharged through the pipe 38, Y and the tea-wagon carrying the. dishwasher, may then be set away for future use with the dishes, because of their heated-condition, spontaneous- 1y y The invention comprises both a tea wagon and a dishwashing machine, soclosely assowasher, the ump 20 is actuated to cause the water reaching the pump to flow upwardly" i along the pipe 22, and thence, withthe valve partition 33 properly adjusted by the turning of the drain spout, throughthe hOIlZOIl?" tal pipe 26, and its continuation 27, to issue through the jets 29, in numerous streams against the soiled dishes in the racks of the dishwasher. p a s After the washing operation has been continued for an appropriate period of time,

' and hot water has been circulated through the dishwa'shing compartment, the dishes become thoroughly cleansed, and the wash water, contaminated with dislodged particles of food, is directed through the sieve r filter sheet 40, located in the. pan 41, until the dislodged, particles have been collected on the sieve sheet carried by the pan which is removably' located in the well 21, close to the lower end of the motor casing 16. The sieve ciated as to constitute, in effect, a single machine, with the' 'tea wagon provided with a top which may be of glass, serving as a tray and givin an ornamental appearanceendishwasher. Finally, by taking oi! the cpv- ,hancing -t e effect. of the entire structure.

The combined tea-wagon and dishwasher may be used wherever suitable electric current is available and thetop is-so arranged that it may be removed, in order to obtain access to the dishwashing machine. 1 The strainer employed is advantageous because it saves washing, since it is onlynec- .essary, after the dishes have been washed, to remove and discard the strainer sheet,- for the expensethereof is too trivial to be .con'sidered. I

The dish-holding racks form convenient means for supporting the dishes when not in,

use, and may be left in the machine from one meal to another, and,.moreover, are:

readily detachable by simply lifting them lrom clips 42 attached-to the inner faces of the dish washing tank.

The pump, the motor, the motor casing enclosing the motor, the spray mechanism .5 27, the draining meehanism, and the dishracks ar-e'associated into a self-contained unit, which may be removed intact from the dishwashing compartment, for cleansing and repairs, when such become necessary.

The electric motor 11 is provided with a lubricating system, comprising pipes {13, leading dowmvardlyfrom the lower end of the counter hole or oil cup 12' to the shaft bearings 44 at each end of the motor and also to the shaft 13. The purpose of the lubricating system is to minimize friction where such is liable to occur and to prevent. heating of the bearings.

' By removing the cap 15, the cup 12 becomes very accessible and oil is readily distributed by gravitation to all the pipes 43 p and finds ready access to all the points of the motor needing lubrication.

What is claimed is ".1. In a machine of the character described, abody, a dishwashing tank carried by the body and provided with means for supporting the dishes, a motor-driven pump contained within the body, a pipe rising from the pump to circulate both wash and rinsing water in the tank, spraying means inthe tank connected to the pipe rising from the pump, and a drain pipe rising above and connected to the spraying means and swiveled thereto to rise and fall within the tank, permitting the location of the discharge end of the last-named pipe over a sink.

2. In a machine of the character de,

scribed, a body, a'dishwashing tank carried by the body and provided with means for supporting the dishes,'a motor-driven pump contained within the body, a pipe rising from the pump to circulate both wash and rinsing water in the tank, a spraying means in the tank connected to the pipe rising from the pump, and a drain pipe rising above and connected to the spraying means and swiveled thereto to rise and fall within the tank, permitting the location of the discharge end of the last-named pipe over a. sink, said spraying'means and the pipe'to which it is connected including a valve whereby water may be circulated through the dishwasher to cleanse, dishes lodged for driving the pump, means connected to the pump for circulating wash water to the dishes, and discharge connections for the pump rising above the topof the dishwashing machine and connected to said means and adjustable both horizontally and vertilow down with respect to the machine.

position of said pipe, the wash water is cirthercin or to direct the water through the ture:

cally to discharge directly into a sink,.or to be housed within the receptacle, whereby to eliminate the necessity of permanently con.- necting the machine to a sewer or emptying"- the wash water from areceptacle located 4. In a dishwashing machine, a swiveled pipe mounted in the machine and movable to a position overhanging .a sink and to another position ,at a lower'level than the first position so as to be housed within the machine, power-driven pump means oonnected to the interior of the dishwasher at f a low point therein, pipe connections with the pump for dischargipg at a high point, i

and a valve operated by the movement of, said swiveled pipe. I

5. In a dishwashing machine, a pump within the machine, power means for driving the pump, a swiveledpipe having a discharge end movable to difi'erent elevations, and connected to the pump, water circulatingmeans also connected to the pump, a valve for establishing communication :between either the swiveled pipe or the water circulating means, and dish supporting means in the machine whereby, in one posit1on of theswiveled pipe water 1n the machine is discharged therefrom and in another.

culated through the dish-supporting means, to cleanse the dishes.

6. In a machine of the character described, a body, a dish-washing tank carried by the body and providedcwith. means for supporting the dishes, a motor-driven pump con tained within the body, a pipe rising from the pump to a high point in the tank, means connected to said pipe for delivering the water from the pump n the form of a spray onto the dishes, and a drain spout also connected to said pipe and rising above the tank soas to discharge the water into a ink, said pipe in its normal position being housed within the body. and .when raised above the body actuatingv a'valveto shut oif communication from the pump with the spray pipe and establish communication with the drain pipe.

7. In a dishwasher, the combination with a pump, a pipe extending from the pump, a distributing chamber into which said pipe delivers, a horizontal pipe communicating with the distributing chamber ofi center, said horizontal pipe being provided with a series of partitions or vanes which are acted upon by the water discharged from .said chamber to cause therotation of said pipe, and a perforated pipe communipating with the horizontal pipe and .having its perforations arranged helically.

In testimony, thatI- claim the foregoing as my own,I have hereto aifixed my signa-' CHARLES F. CHAPMAN. 

